Does Canada need its own foreign intelligence service? The world is undergoing fundamental change and Canada cannot rest on its laurels at a time of rising global threats, including the increasingly isolationist United States, dysfunctional Western allies and the emergence… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
International, Politics, Society
Ottawa looking into repatriation disputes claims
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will lead a meeting of an international support group at London’s Canada House on Thursday for families of victims of the Ukrainian International Airlines jet crash in Tehran. The International Coordination and Response Group for… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Canada-Australia: Joint wildfire equipment sharing?
Canada and Australia share many things; both are young countries, huge territories, sparsely populated rural areas, vast forested regions, and enormous wildfires. The current and deadly monster wildfires in Australia have prompted the revival of an idea first proposed four… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canada getting access to wreckage and black boxes of Flight PS752
Canadian air-crash investigators toured the crash site of Flight PS752 outside Tehran today and there are reports they will be given access to the so-called black box flight recorders. However, it remains unclear exactly what role Canadians will play in… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Society
Canada History: Jan 14, 1976: The end of the Eaton’s “wish book”
For almost 100 years, the major general merchandise retailer in Canada was the T.Eaton company. Timothy Eaton founded his first department store in 1869 in Toronto. With many of his innovations, the single Toronto store grew to become the largest… »
Brulotte ends his (very) short run for the Tory leadership
It seemed like a good idea in December. That’s when Andrew Scheer announced he would not be running to succeed himself when the Conservative Party picks a new leader in June. Ottawa businessman Bryan Brulotte, a longtime political volunteer and… »
Diplomatic Dispatch Podcast – Episode 1: Rethinking Canada’s foreign policy
Welcome to Diplomatic Dispatch, a new podcast series by Radio Canada International. My goal is to bring you insights into Canada’s foreign, defence and development policy. I’ll discuss Canada’s global role through interviews with policy makers, former and serving diplomats… »
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Diplomatic Dispatch – Episode 1: Rethinking Canada’s foreign policy
My search for the answers began in Ottawa, at the Summit on Canada’s Global Leadership in late November of 2019. The event was organized by the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC), the Canadian Association for the Study of International… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
False alert from nuclear plant scares Ontario residents
It was early on a sleepy Sunday morning when mobile phones, radios, and TV began sending an urgent alarm at 07;30 The alarming province-wide message said something had gone wrong at the Pickering Nuclear power plant located on the shore… »
More Canadians head to Iran for PS752 investigation
Eight more Canadians are travelling to Iran today to help investigate the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. Two experts from the Transportation Safety Board and six members of Canada’s standing rapid deployment team will join other Canadian officials… »
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